FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009, file photo, Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown, right, talks with managing partner Michael Jordan before an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in Charlotte, N.C. Jordan struck a deal late Friday, Feb. 26, 2010,to buy a controlling interest in the Bobcats, making the NBA's greatest player the owner of the money-losing team in his home state. less

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009, file photo, Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown, right, talks with managing partner Michael Jordan before an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in Charlotte, N.C. ... more

One of his first acts since reaching a deal to buy the Charlotte Bobcats: losing twice in H-O-R-S-E to guard Gerald Henderson. A trash-talking Jordan, who agreed Saturday to buy the Bobcats, attended Monday's shootaround, challenging the rookie to a friendly contest. Needling Henderson relentlessly for being from Duke, the former North Carolina guard kept clanging jumpers as Henderson won the first game. Later, Jordan hit a free-throw try with his eyes closed to take the lead in the second game. "What do you think, I just dunked my whole career?" Jordan asked Henderson after making a three.

The former Real Madrid and France player said he regrets headbutting Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final, but he'd rather die than apologize to the Italian defender. Zidane recalled the incident with a sense of shame - but he felt none toward Materazzi: "After the game, I went into the dressing room and told them, 'Forgive me. This doesn't change anything, but sorry everyone. But to him, I can't. Never, never. It would be to dishonor me. I'd rather die." Zidane added, "More than once, they had insulted my mother, and I never responded."